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Blockades, Bottlenecks and Bullet Proof Stocks
The 2nd Quarter did not disappoint for drama or trauma. On 13 April the U.S. initiated a three Carrier Strike Force blockade of the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Less than two months later, the U.S. began on again off again ceasefires which continue still. All that sound and fury did little to deter the stock market which with Kevlar flair rallied 16% to its best quarterly gain in 6 years. Why? Big time earnings, that’s why.
The Fog of Peace Making
Two plus months into the war with Iran and the fog of war is becoming the fog of peacemaking. What was a shoot-out has become a stand-off. The key terrain feature remains the Strait of Hormuz. It is the key to this conflict in much the same way that Vicksburg was to the Civil War.
The Strait Jacket of Hormuz
For fifty years Pentagon planners, whose job it is to analyze risk and threats around the globe, have concluded year after year that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the worst possible scenario to confront – but it never happened – until now! The world is now witnessing firsthand what scared the military analysts.
DOGE and the Ghost of Ike
Of all the things to emerge in the post ‘24’ election frenzy, DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency) may be the most fascinating. It’s not actually a department, but rather an 18 month project to identify waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiency and regulatory excesses that add to America’s debt burden and bog down the U.S. economy.
BPF Book Review of “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine”
The authors of “Conflict” do a masterful job of profiling some of the leaders who understood the context of their conflicts, got the “big ideas” right and succeeded as well as some of those who didn’t and failed.
BPF Book Review of Alex Epstein’s “Fossil Future”
Fossil Future is chock full of data, charts and anecdotes telling in great detail the roles fossil fuels played in creating today’s cornucopia of abundance. Especially compelling are the “hockey-stick” charts that reveal the close correlation between the development of hydrocarbons and the dramatic rise of world GDP, world population, world life expectancy and human flourishing.